2104 VETOES

ASSESSMENTS

May 7, 1951

Hon. John C. Luber
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

House Bill No. 717 was originally introduced at the request
of the Treasurer of Anne Arundel County. It was intended to
fix a definite limit on the time allowed the Supervisor of As-
sessments for delivering to the Treasurer a copy of the as-
sessment rolls so that prompt delivery of tax bills would be
assured. The Bill was later amended to strike out the time
limitation and make the requirement even less definite than
that of the existing law. In addition, the amendment provided
for an additional clerk which I am informed is not actually
needed.

The original purpose of the Bill has thus been defeated.
At the request of the County Treasurer and based upon the
foregoing reasons I am, therefore, returning the Bill herewith
without my approval.

Respectfully,

THEODORE R. MCKELDIN,

Governor

TRMcK/jmt

ATTACHMENTS

May 7, 1951

Hon. John C. Luber
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. Speaker:

House Bill No. 568 provides that the provisions of Section
33, of Article 9 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947
Supplement), title "Attachments of Wages or Hire", which is
now State-wide as to the exemption of the sum of $100, shall in
the case of Dorchester County exempt from such attachment
only the sum of $25.

In Kelman v. Ryan, 163 Md. 519, the Court of Appeals held
unconstitutional an attempt to make the special classification
of judgments for groceries exempt from the operation of the